Afreximbank and First Bank of Nigeria on Friday signed a $200 million facility agreement for financing the needs of FBN’s numerous clients.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports the signing at the ongoing 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Nassau, Bahamas.
The meetings are being monitored by the NAN.
The facility will finance the needs of FBN’s numerous clients engaged in oil and gas and energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and associated infrastructure projects.
The parties who signed the agreement included Olusegun Alebiosu, Acting CEO, FBN; Awani Kanayo, Executive Vice-President, Intra-African Trade Bank, Afreximbank; and Viswanathan Shankar, CEO, Gateway Partners, on behalf of African Credit Opportunity Fund.
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